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Birth Control Pills?
What are your thoughts regarding Birth Control Pills and Muscle growth? Do you think it makes it harder to lower body fat and obtain muscles? Any studies or correlations you may have read/heard?
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Wife wants to gain weight
Back story real fast.. She has always been tiny. Size 0, xs-xxs shirts. 94lbs currently. She has never been past 98. She wants to get to 120 and has tried everything we can think of. She works at Walmart and is active a lot and typical walks 2.4 miles a day when working because we have one car. However this will change…
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Fitness Updates... The Quickest Way to Alienate Non-Lifting Friends
It seems as though there is an infinite amount of different views and reasons why people have a social media accounts. For me it was always a way to keep myself accountable for my goals; I mean, if I post that I'm gonna do something and then I don't follow thru, then the truth about my failure will be out for all to see.…
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Pescatarian Weight Gain Tips
Hi, due to increasing migraines I tried veganaury earlier this year and it dramatically reduced the frequency. I have reintroduced fish and eggs but still avoiding meat and dairy products (unless cooked in e.g. Biscuits, bread etc.) I have always struggled to gain weight and am finding it increasingly hard to keep up the…
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BMI
Is there an app for BMI? Do I need to get an additional tool to measure it? Thank you,
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New to lifting
Just wanted a quick expert opinion please. I'm 35 and have hardly ever lifted in my life. I've just made up my own programme based on some advice of gym lifting pals and YouTube videos including hammer curls and 3 other bicep moves do 4 in total. The weight is really quite light but I'm struggling to write this message I…
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Recovery from bulimia/ trying to gain weight
I’m 5’5 and I am around 93-94 lbs and I’m trying to gain muscle and weight I want to be thin around the waste and have a thick thigh area Any tips? I want to be around 126lbs or 120
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Weight Trend. Time to Increase Calories?
I have been attempting a slow lean bulk over the past few weeks. I want to gain about 20lbs by mid-January. My weight trend is attached. I am wondering if I should add about 50-100 calories to my daily intake (currently 2800). There were a few days over these past two weeks where I did not count (maybe 4 days in total…
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My progress
This is my 1 month progress
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Upper/Lower Split Critique
Please Critique. It is high volume, set up for strength and hypertrophy. Please tell any imbalances you see. Lower A: Warmup Walking Lunges 2x12 Warmup Good-mornings 2x8 Deadlifts 5x5 Romanian Dead Lifts 3x6-8 Leg Press 3x8-10 1a.Leg Curl 3x10-12 1b.Leg Extension 3x10-12 2a.Calf Press 3x15-20 2b.Calf Rolls 3x15-20 Pikes,…
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Skinny fat. Trying to get lean muscle mass and lose belly fat! Help
Hello. I am pretty new to trying to eat and exercise the right way. I am 6’0 160. My goal is to lose the belly fat I do have and actually see my abs. Would like to gain some lean muscle. Any help with Macros or a routine would be great.
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Can Do attitude!
As with any goal in life.... the accomplishment can only manifest with the right mindset. We have to first “Believe“ that we can do it! Then we have to reinforce that attitude and tell ourselves continually throughout the process. This continues the line between point A and point B. Statement for today: “I can and I will“
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Am i eating enough?
So basically im back on the weight gain. I average burn 2000 calories a day (work as a chef) I'm managing to eat 3000 to 3200 calories a day. Plus ive started back at the gym. You think its enough or not enough. I'm on 45% carb 25% protein 20% fat macros. Any advice would be welcome
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regaining weight.
I lost over 220lbs 2 years ago. I have been at maintenance for a year. Was trying to bulk a few months ago and just maintained. Whenever I added calories, I just became more active. I lost a monkey ton of LM while losing most of my weight. I had no idea what the kitten I was actually doing. Well, I am truly lean bulking…
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Reduce running to gain weight?
So I've been debating on how much to scale back on running to gain back alot of weight I lost. I'm a long distance runner who normally runs 5 times a week 45-55 miles sometimes more and I love it but the last few weeks I've increased my mileage and well..that resulted in a huge weight loss that was way unintentional so now…
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Weight loss then gain
Explain how u follow it to the tee, gym six days a week, loose ten in the first three weeks then gain three
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Lower Body Strength Training?
Stupidly long story short: Broke my right elbow. Ortho says I can't use my arm to lift, push, press, balance, or pull. Any recommendations for programs/routines that will focus on lower body training? Either body weight or machine is fine. (I'm so-so cleared from a cardio perspective. No swimming or barre, but he said I…
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Hello
Looking for like minded people that will encourage and help on our quest to gain weight and turn it into muscle
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By how much should I expect my weight to increase each week ?
Hello everyone, I have started a month ago, a 6 days per week intense cardio exercise program along with watching my calories intake per day where I try to have a 250 calories daily surplus in order to gain muscle. I noticed that exercise does improve my appetite and makes me able to eat a bit more and I think this helped…
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Strength training only burns 110 calories?
According to my fitness pal strength training/weight lifting only burns 110 calories in a 45/50 minute session? Is this accurate? I usually perform 8-9 exercises with 4 sets of 8 reps on days I’m lifting heavy and 12 reps if I’m lifting moderately heavy. If I’m only burning 110 calories that seems like all of my hard work…
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Can’t decide which
Heya, I’ll try and keep this quick and to the point. So I’ve been bulking for 2 months now, managed to gain 9lbs so far, my strength gains have also been very consistent, I’m happy with how my bulks gone but I’m now starting to feel too fluffy (for lack of a better word). My goal is to be in the best shape I’ve ever been…
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Gerd
Im trying to gain weight with gerd
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LiftHeavyThings27105 - starting Lyle McDonnald's Rapid Fat Loss diet (2018 AUG 01)
Okay, folks. Here is the thread. I will upload the pics once I have them. For those of you who can see my wall, I will link this thread in the post that I just made a few minutes ago. Okay....now off to get those starting physique pics (UGH!). Folks - fair warning: not gonna be pretty! Yet!!!!
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When should I stop bulking?
I am currently bulking and have a few more months to go,but lately ive been feeling like I got so big😂. Should I just finish these last months or should I just go on a mini cut then continue to bulk? I dont know what to do😭
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How quickly do you lose skeletal muscle mass?
I'm hoping this question is purely theoretical, but my Fitbit Aria scale is showing 1.2% BF increase with 11 lbs weight loss in the last 30 days. So, without addressing my case specifically, does any one know the basic research that answers this question?
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Body weight workout for skinny guys
Hello everyone, My question is quite simple. Has anyone of you guys ever managed to get more muscle and a good looking body using only body weight workouts ? The persons who are qualified to answer by "yes" here are only those who were skinny before they have started working out. If that was the case, it would be nice if…
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Adderall and CLA.
Hello I do 5x5 workouts 3 times a week. I take prescribed Adderall and as you can imagine I have a high Metabolism. According to this site: https://www.livestrong.com/article/73799-gain-muscle-mass-fast-metabolism/ I have to take CLA. It seems to increase Metabolism. Am I wrong and/or do I need it at all?
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Trying to gain muscle after losing 100 lbs
I have been using cardio for some time now. By exercise and eating less, I’ve managed to bring my weight down 100 lbs to 145. I am 5’6” and 63 years old. Now I want to start gaining muscle. I have upped my calorie intake and am lifting heavy weights. I feel like I am pushing myself but I’m not getting muscle soreness. Am I…
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How many calories?
Would anyone be able to offer some advice.... I'm trying to gain weight, and want to do it 'clean '. To do this it seems the most commonly suggested surplus is 250 cals. Should I use the figure that my Garmin device gives me for calorie burn then +250 Or choose a figure and stick with it? Sometimes it feels as if my…
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When do you take a break from your cut?
So I read that your metabolism can slow down after cutting for too long... so how long should you cut before taking a break? How long of a break before getting back to it? I've been dropping 1/2 lb per week as advised for about twenty weeks (213 to 200 lbs). I've still got some fat to lose (mirror guestimate 20% bodyfat).